Windlass



CEAS. PERLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JIGGEaWINDLAss.

`Specification of Letters Patent No. 7,532, dated July 30, 1850.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES PERLEY, Inachinist, of the city and State ofNew York, l

have invented, made, and applied to use certain new and usefulimprovements in the application and combination of parts of mechanicalmeans for moving and working chains orropes already separately patentedby me for nautical and other purposes, by which improvements andcombinations as now arranged jby me the original means employed are madeto accomplish purposes and are applicable to uses which the separateinventions will not effect or apply to alone, which invention I term theJigger-Windlass, and for whichinvention and improvements I seek LettersPatent of the United States, and that the said imrpovements, with theiroperation, uses, and eifects, are fully and substantially set forth andshown in the following description and in the drawing annexed to andmaking part of this specification, whereini Figure l is a side view ofmy improvements, as attached to two bits; Fig. 2 is4 an end view of thesame; Fig. 3 is a side view of these improvements, when in use with bitshaving a cavel; Fig. 4, represents the chain lifter,ias lifting thecable out of the chain locker, being a section at line A, B. F ig. l,and Fig. 5, represents the same means as operating to take up the slackfrom the windlass, and place the chain in the chain locker.

The like marks of reference apply to the same parts in all the figures.

c, are bits, in any convenient part ofthe ship, these carry journalboxes a, taking a square shaft b, turned around in the journals, andcarrying between the journals, `one or more hubs, with horns or flanchesd, to take the chain, as described in my patent of March 2l, 1848. Theshaft b, is prolonged outside the journals a, and receives the winchheads CZ, with a ratchet l, on the inner end, with a pawl 2, on a ianch3, on the bit c, this pawl is so set, that it will turn over, and takethe ratchet, either side of the centerjthe end of the shaft b, is turnedaround, and fitted to receive a rotating disk, c, with pawls 3, taking afemale ratchet 4, on the inside of the end of the winch head D, as shownby dotted lines in Fig. 2, and a pin 5, secures all in place, this diskhas a handspike socket f, to take a handspike g. This head is the same,in construction and operation, as that protected in my patent of the29th day of May 1849.

The Fig. 3, shows the bits C, as having a lcavel E, across them; forthis reason, it would be inconvenient to lead the chain through betweenthe bits, under the cavel,

so I place the cable lifters d, outside the bits, and against theend ofthe winch head D, and as a ratchet could not conveniently be used on theends ofthe heads, as in Fig. l, I place a ratchet wheel h, on the shaftb, `between the bits, with a pawl 6, on one or `both bits, operatingeach way, similarly to that before described. i i

It will be evident, that by leaving out the` winch head D, Fig. 3, andplacing the fe- *male ratchet ring 4, against and connect-ed ,with thehorns al, with the pawls 3, `3, the

The Fig. 4, shows the cable lifter, as op-` erating to raise the chainz', out of the pipe 7, in the direction of the arrows, which pipe 7,leads to the chain locker below.

The Fig. 5, shows a windlass F, which is` worked in any usual manner, todraw the `Chain c', in the direction of the arrow; and the motion of thecable lifter, when rel versed, by working the handspikes on the sideshown in Fig. 2, takes up the slack from the windlass, and places thechain through the pipe, into the chain locker bef neath.

At first sight, it may appear, that this invention is no more, thanputting the two before mentioned inventions in use together; but thesefirst patents merely shows, first, the application of the apparatus forlifting the chain out of the locker below; and second, the applicationof the double acting winch, to heave on, for any general purposes. Inthe combined application, each of these parts is still separatelyapplicable to all the original uses; and by reversing the action of thepawls 2, Figs. l and 2, or the one pawl 6, Fig. 3, the action of thecable lifter is made useful, to take up the slack of the chain cable,when weighing the anchor, the horns d, CZ, being spaced to the size ofthe links,

the weight of the chain, in the vertical pipe, keeps the links on thehorns, and thus supersedes the ordinary jigger tackle, heretofore used;thus enabling, generally, two men to effect the holding on, instead ofemploying several more men, to take up the length of the chain, gainedat each heave of the windlass, by a jigger fall, held on to by the men,or led to the capstan; and where the capstan does not stand convenientfor this use, as in large merchant or steam ships, having the windlassbelow the spar deck, or top gallant forecastle, t-his combinationbecomes peculiarly useful, because it first does away the employment ofa considerable part of the crew, at the jigger tackle, with or wit-houtthe capstan; and where the space, forward of the mainmast, is used forthe accommodation of passengers, or stores, as is now frequently done,this combined apparatus can be placed near the windlass, or in anyposition, that will lead the chain cable fair to the horns el, CZ, andbe near the pipes to the chain locker; and when riding at anchor, orwhen catting the anchor, these means allow the chain to be delayed, orbitted, upon the bits 0, when fitted with the cavel E, by simply turningthe bight of the chain ship shape over them; or when the bits are usedwithout t-he cavel, the chain can be held by the bit and. winch head, asthese are strong enough for this use; and by having a rope, or a smallchain, attached to the chain cable near the windlass, and around one ofthe winches D, these give additional means, of holding all that has beengained, either while the anchor is weighing, or while the cable is beingbitted,

preparatory to catting the anchor; so that the weight of the anchor, orthe motion of the ship, cannot cause the cable to fleet round thewindlass, and renew the labor of getting the anchor to the position forcatting; and when the cable is bitted for catting, the winches D, cantake the cat tackle fall, and bring the anchor to the cat head; andafterwards take the fish tackle fall, to stow the anchor; in all thesecases, enabling a few men to do the ordinary work, and labor, of agreater number.

Besides all these effects, it is well known, that in weighing theanchor, the chain, winding around the windlass, has to be returned fromthe larger to the smaller part of the windlass barrel, by partiallyslacking the jigger, this operation, nautically termed surging thecable, even when well managed, is frequently troublesome, and sometimesdangerous to the men holding on the jigger, but more especially so,when, by an extra heave on the windlass, the chain is brought so far up,on the ylarger part of the windlass barrel, that it surges of itself;this it always does with a sudden jerk, that is liable to, andfrequently does upset the men at the jigger, sometimes causing personalinjury, and in this case, the weight of the anchor fleets the chainaround the smaller part of the windless, and carries out more or less,of the length previously hove in.

By the application of the combination and arrangement above described,and shown, this loss of time, and labor, and risk of Apersonal injury tothe crew, which are of great importance in any dangerous situation, are

all avoided, and so thoroughly prevented, asr

to cause the seamen, who have used it, to denominate it the GypsyWindlass, because it does so much, to save their labor, and insure theirindividual safety.

The individual inventions, in this combination, will appear-onexamination to be differently used, as in the patent on my cable lifter,the horns are claimed conjointly with the disks, pawl boxes, pawls, andlever sockets, to be used in working the flanches or horns; and in thepatent on the direct and counter motion winch, the arrangement is merelyto give the winch head, itself, rota.- t-ion in either direction, on afixed shaft, and not to give motion to any other apparatus; thereforethis combination of parts in the original inventions, is an entirely newinvention, on which I claim to be entitled to separate Letters Patent,as it produces new and useful results, as heretofore set forth.

I therefore claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States- The application of the double acting pawls 3, 3, ratchet4, disk e, socket f, and handspike g withor without the winch head D,whereby the power is applied to the horns d, cl, to rotate them ineither direction as required, said application and arrangement being acombination of the double acting winch described in my patent of 29 May,1,849, and the cable lifting horns described in my patent of 2l March,1848, hereto-fore referred to whereby this combination of these twopreviously patented inventions effect new and useful purposes notcontemplated and not attainable by either of the inventions separatelysubstantially as described and shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this lirst day ofJune, one thousand eight hundred and fty.

VM. SERRELL, LEMUEL W. SERRELL.

